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Hey so here's a thing about banning "political discussions" from a space because they're "divisive:" that does not resolve the division. It just says "if you feel marginalized or unsafe

Hi Twitter —a useful term for you: "the glass escalator." The opposite of the glass ceiling; it describes the way that men (specifically white men) in majority - women fields

A thing I am thinking about today is how when abusers get therapy that isn't specifically centered around the fact that they are abusive and need to change their behavior

All right. Gonna talk for a sec about the "my close personal friend" card.We've talked about the "But I have ___ friends!" defense and why it's shitty. But we also

Some of us were never ten year old white boys and so didn't get the early diagnosis, intervention, and support we deserved even though a we were displaying textbook symptoms,

*pinches bridge of nose*Folks. Most Blind people have some vision. Most wheelchair drivers are physically capable of standing. Do we really have to do this "lol they lied" thing every

As a side note: at some point we should really talk about the differences between poverty and class markers.We associate certain things, like trash and cars in the yard, with

The thing that I find disingenuous about "echo chamber" rhetoric is that it is almost always "you owe conservatives your time and attention." Like we can't possibly disagree with or

I want to talk for a second about a tactic Krug employed in the screenshotted conversation. No one needs my opinion on the broader situation with her so I'm going

This is the thing that baffles me about people claiming they shouldn't be "punished" for their conscience.I'm a Quaker. Conscience protections in the US were literally written because of us.

I should have guessed the drama about IP/tie-ins was someone mad that a tie-in made the bestseller list while their work didn't.Guess what? People like reading tie-ins! Calling it "soulless

A follow-on to this: it's also fair to note that the "you definitely don't have to read everything," while meant to liberate folks from feeling like they must, is also